Famke Janssen Says She Avoids Social Media and Will Not Join Avengers: Doomsday

Famke Janssen said she has never used social media and has no plans to start, citing a lifelong preference for privacy during a masterclass at the Mediterrane Film Festival in Malta. Forbes reported the comments, in which Janssen referenced Greta Garbo's words, “I want to be left alone,” and described her approach as guarding privacy “like Fort Knox” to shield an internal source of creativity from criticism and negativity.

Janssen added that actors benefit when audiences know less about their personal lives.

“Especially as actors, I feel that the less you know about us, about me in particular, the more I am able to show you who I am as that character,” she said. She also refuses to view social media as an observer, calling the current environment an “oversaturated time” in which “everyone turning a camera onto themselves” seeks attention through follower counts.

Separately, Janssen stated at SpaceCon in mid-June that she will not appear in Avengers: Doomsday, even as other former X-Men cast members join the film.

She expressed interest in exploring the Dark Phoenix aspect of her Jean Grey character if the opportunity arises. Janssen played Jean Grey in five X-Men films, including the original trilogy, The Wolverine and X-Men: Days of Future Past. She earlier portrayed Xenia Onatopp in the 1995 film GoldenEye and appeared in the Taken trilogy, the series Hemlock Grove and the film Amsterdam Empire.